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Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2019
Microsoft warns of spam campaign exploiting CVE-2017-11882 flaw

Microsoft is warning of an active spam campaign targeting European languages that leverages an exploit to infect simply by opening the attachment. Microsoft issued a warning on Friday about an ongoing spam campaign that is targeting European users. Spam messages are carrying weaponized RTF documents that could infect users with malware without any user interaction, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 217 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ESET analyzes Turla APTs usage of weaponized PowerShell Leicester City Football Club disclosed a card breach ProtonMail denies that it spies on users for government agencies Expert shows how […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2019
Expert discovered how to brick all Samsung mobile phones

The popular French white hat hacker Robert Baptiste (aka @fs0c131y) discovered how to brick all Samsung mobile phones. French white hat hacker Robert Baptiste (aka @fs0c131y) discovered how to brick all Samsung mobile phones. Baptiste bought a Samsung mobile phone a few months ago and decided to analyze it. After a few hours of tests, he discovered an unprotected receiver in […]